The Bleepin’ Golden Package

Those who choose the Bleepin’ Golden Package ($30 total, or an extra $10 the day of the tour if you want to continue) will keep going to the Chicago Brown Line stop, for a total 2.25 miles.

You’ll learn:

How a king-hating mayor distracted from Al Capone

How a program meant for low-income neighborhoods funds luxury downtown shopping

Why a newspaper bought a seedy bar

About lakefront land grabs, parking meters shenanigans, hired trucks, TIFs, a fish that could climb a tree and more!

Gratuities

Each year, half the tour gratuities are donated to a different nonprofit newsroom or investigative journalism group working in Chicago. We’ve collected money in years past for City Bureau and ProPublica Illinois, but this year the funds will go to The TRiiBE, a digital media platform helping to reshape the narrative of black Chicago through journalism and art.